The Deaths of Louis XVI : Regicide and the French Political Imagination. /

The public beheading of Louis XVI was a unique and troubling event that scarred French collective memory for two centuries. To Jacobins, the king's decapitation was the people's coronation. To royalists, it was deicide. Nineteenth-century historians considered it an alarming miscalculation...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn, Susan (Autor)
Otros Autores: O'Brien, Connor Cruise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Colección:Literature in History Ser.
Temas:
Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793 > Death and burial.
Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793
Ludwig > XVI, > Frankreich, König > Hinrichtung > Auswirkung.
1789-1899
Regicide > Public opinion.
Monarchy > France > Public opinion.
Public opinion > France > History > 19th century.
Historians > France > Political and social views.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Régicide > Opinion publique.
Monarchie > France > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Rois et souverains dans la littérature.
Death and burial of a person
Psychological aspects
Public opinion
Monarchy > Public opinion
Kings and rulers in literature
Historians > Political and social views
Tod
Rezeption
Politisches Denken
Königsmord
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Psychological aspects.
France
Frankreich
American Civil War.
American Revolution.
American amnesty.
Belgians.
Blanc, Louis.
Bourbon dynasty.
Buchez, Philippe.
Charles VII.
Dreyfus affair.
English readers.
Enlightenment.
Franco-Prussian War.
German fascism.
German war criminals.
Grenoble conspiracy.
Hebrew Bible.
Indian mythology.
Jesus Christ.
Judaism.
Koestler, Arthur.
Lakanal, Joseph.
Marie-Antoinette.
Napoleon I.
Nazism.
Old Testament.
abdication.
capitalism.
chosen people concept.
citizenship.
civic virtue.
civil disobedience.
collaborationists.
collective emotion.
democracy.
division of labor.
emancipation of slaves.
executioners.
expediency.
extremist ideologies.
fascism.
father figures.
financial power.
forgiveness.
fraternity.
genius.
historiography.
human rights.
impeachment trials.
liberalism.
material prosperity.
miracles.
passive resistance.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication age
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Political Myths
  • Chapter One: Louis XVI and the Cult of Human Sacrifice
  • Chapter Two: Louis XVI and Joan of Arc
  • Chapter Three: Michclet and Lamartine: Regicide, Passion, and Compassion
  • Part II: Earth: Literary Myths
  • Chapter Four: Louis XVI and His Executioners
  • Chapter Five: Victor Hugo, Kingship, and Louis XVI
  • Chapter Six: Camus and Louis XVI: A Modern Elegy for the Martyred King
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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